"I remember being very aware of how lucky I am to be on a show where we can have this conversation...."

“I remember being very aware of how lucky I am to be on a show where we can have this conversation. And as I said, every episode can’t be that; we don’t want every episode to be an experiment in our understanding of what holidays are. But there’s the freedom to have that conversation and try to build that episode. The show has been around, and when I think of season two, sprinting on that treadmill and saying, “We’ve got to do this because who knows how long we’ll be around?” And then in season three thinking, “Okay, maybe we’ll be around a little bit, and boy we’ve already spend a lot of our capital.” The fact that we’ve, for four more years past that, continued to come up with things that amuse me as much as “Leap Day,” at least, even if I’m alone—that’s the big scam that we’ve pulled off. It’s all thanks to the generosity of other people with their time and money and everything. But you turn around and there’s Kelsey Grammer pretending to be an evil version of himself, and there’s the Philly Phanatic saying he’s an underwater sea god, and there’s Alec Baldwin playing four Jack Donaghys. I can’t believe we got away with any of it.”

- Robert Carlock on “Leap Day” and 30 Rock (via helenaoftroy)